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❝ it's the g l o o m y things that need our ( help ), if everything in the garden is sunny, why MEDDLE? ❞         independent sybil crawley        written by pippa, est. 03/16

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              OUT. surprise binch !

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Favourite Downton Abbey Outfits 5/~

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             OUT. replies are coming in the morning when i’ve slept and i don’t feel so off hopefully??

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             OUT. replies are coming in the morning when i’ve slept and i don’t feel so off hopefully??

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             OUT. replies are coming in the morning when i’ve slept and i don’t feel so off hopefully??

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Domestic Starters 2.0

"Do I smell breakfast or is that the house burning down?"

"Honey, you look tired. Go sleep."

"So I was driving past a pet store the other day and couldn't help but wonder how cute an animal would be like in our home."

"I want to move in with you."

"I think we should go house hunting. Buy a big family home on the beach or something."

"What do you think about children?"

"Our son/daughter got sent to the principals office today."

"Babe, can you explain to me what this is doing here?"

"You look like you could use a massage."

"I want to take a shower so you should probably join me. It'll save water."

"I may have broken the dish washer."

"There's a spider in the shower!"

"I think I might be pregnant."

"I want to try for a baby."

"I want to adopt a child."

"You would make the perfect father/mother."

"Think about it. The little patter of children in our home."

"I want to marry you."

"What do you think about this color wall for our room?"

"Why is the bathroom overfilling with water?"

"Did you eat all my oreos?"

"We live together. You can't blame this on anyone else."

"I've got a romantic surprise for you."

"Let's just stay in bed."

"Get back into bed."

"Can you call in sick today?"

"I just want to lie here all day with you."

"Oh, there's no need to put a shirt on."

"I'm sick of doing all the chores!"

"We can't afford this!"

"Don't mind me, just want to remember how beautiful you look in bed this morning."

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Because you are my baby, you know. You always will be, always. My beauty, my baby.

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Downton Abbey ▲ Favourite relationships (1/?) ↳ Gwen & Sybil

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TEDDY.

it is more than just her spells that ease the pain of the numerous trials he has to go through ; the care she puts into it makes all the difference, the care she gives him. were he more of a sentimental man  (  or more aware of his own feelings at the time  )  he may indulge the idea that the sight of her alone already soothed whatever aches had fallen upon him.   ❛   if it urges you to get new furniture, you ought to be the one thanking me.  ❜  he teases, yet another faint chuckle leaving his lips that only takes a moment to fade away. a wave of relief comes with the spell that rids him of his sorry state, and a grateful nod is given in return  ––––  now, he found himself saving his strength, choosing just what was worth being spoken. yet an issue comes to his mind, something he almost regrets having to address at all. they were at war, there was no shortage of bad news.  ❛  i’ll wait out here for the time being.   ❜   he agrees, yet the imminent but hangs in the air as his eyes meet hers.  ❛   i won’t be thanking you again anytime soon  –––  i’ve been put in charge of a regiment. we are off to the french border in two days time.  ❜  and silence follows, there was not much else that needed to be said. they both knew what it meant ; he’d go further into the lion’s den, and his chances of ever leaving it decreased immensely. 

               she barely has time to bask in the comfort that his recovery ought to be bringing her, before the tone in his voice shifts. it’s subtle, but she picks up on it, and feels the knot twist its way back into the pit of her stomach. it’s rare that these visits come without something terrible looming overhead. eyes meet his, searching rather desperately in the moment of silence before he speaks for something to prepare herself for what will come as soon as he does.       & then it hits her -- knocking the air from her lungs and leaving her scrambling for something to say in  response.    ❝ a regiment ? ❞  she finally manages , a sorry excuse for a reply , but what is she meant to say? sybil directs her gaze on the teapot & its contents that, in all likelihood, went cold long ago. rather than bombard him with all of her concerns ( many of which she was sure he held himself ), she makes herself rather busy once again. hands fly to her kit, and she quickly re-corks the vial and rifles around the bag -- searching fruitlessly for anything to occupy her hands and her mind. 

         ❝ i see. in ––– two days. golly.  ❞ her heart races. with each day, each headline, each injury -- she tells herself that the worst is over. each day she is proven wrong, and this is no exception. they all knew what they were fighting for, and what they were prepared to sacrifice when they joined the fight . . . but no one could imagine what they might see -- what they might have to survive. she rises to her feet and paces around the adjoining kitchen, ensuring that her back is turned towards him so that he cannot see the quivering of her lip. it’s only natural that he would be chosen for a task like this ; the best and the bravest sent to fight in the places that needed him most. she had only hoped that the fighting and the dying might have stopped before he had to. it’s the selfish notion of a friend ( and nothing more ) who wants to see him safe. a hand steadies herself, gripping one of the dining chairs within her grasp.  there’s no arguing with him -- no pleading that might dissuade him. she would do the very same if she were in his shoes. ❝ you’ll keep yourself safe, wont you? you’ll try? ❞ the words tumble out, faster and colder than she intends them. it’s a childish request, but that does not stop her from uttering it aloud. 

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TEDDY.

it does not escape him how FOOLISH he can be, especially now. letting his self-doubt inevitably get in the way of the good things that would dare to grace his life  ––  a mistake of fate, surely. those slips are nothing he can help, and a lesser woman would have certainly grown tired of them eons ago. nay, he couldn’t think of any other person who had a will to match hers, so very determined to make him see the bright side of it all, to believe in himself when all odds screamed against it. ah, yes, he was foolish, but she was the extreme opposite, and had enough sense of both of them. for that, his adoration for her knew no bounds, and would only make its way to set a gleam in his eyes whenever they were fortunate enough to behold hers. except when her father was brought up, then the light would briefly fade away to give turn to a disapproving grimace.   

❛   for the love of merlin, no.   ❜   though he knows she’s joking, instinct could be a pesky, quick little thing. he was civil enough to robert crawley, but his dislike for the man  – or rather, his antics –  was no well kept secret. however, distaste upon his features is fleeting, soon melting into a smile at the sweet melody that was her laughter falling to his ears.   ❛   you don’t  ––   ❜   he is only too glad to be interrupted by her lips, responding to the kiss in the same passionate manner.   ❛   now that sounds like a much better option. i can think of anything i’d rather do in the world than run away with you.  ❜

             ❝ then we’ll run away. ❞ words are accompanied by a nod, an affirmation of a well-set plan. it’s a game she’s played before . . . an attempt to escape the harsh realities of the world in which they exist. what better way to do so than by simply existing somewhere else ? ❝ where will we go, then ? ❞ typically, things never make it past this stage , the dreaming stage , before one ( or both ) of them suggest that they go home instead, make the best of the time that they have together exactly where they’re meant to be. mischief lights blue eyes as she taps a finger pointedly against her lips, as clear a sign as any that she is thinking about something very important. ❝ romania’s supposed to be very lovely this time of year ... all those dragons. or we could try our luck in egypt. maybe find somewhere by the seaside . . . anywhere you’d like.  ❞

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MARY.            

❛   What do you wonder about, exactly?

                ❝ a great MANY things, i suppose . . . what i might have  done if i had another lot in life , the kind of person i might have been.  i don’t think it hurts to imagine , and then to be reminded that we are privileged with the lives we do have.  ❞    

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directions:  you can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to. put your mp3 player, itunes, spotify, etc. on shuffle & list the first 10 songs & then tag 10 people everybody, no skipping !

i. SATISFIED -  original broadway cast of hamilton ii. EPILOGUE - justin hurwitz, la la land iii. GHOST LIGHTS - woodkid iv. MAKE THEM HEAR YOU - original cast of ragtime v. SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN- original broadway cast of newsies vi. LIGHT - sleeping at last vii. HOLOCENE - bon iver viii. I HAVE CONFIDENCE- julie andrews ix. TRANSFORMATION - alan menken x. LOOK THROUGH MY EYES - phil collins

TAGGED BY: @ofnxbility TAGGING: whoever would like to do it !

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❝ i am a good person. i’m an attractive person. i am a talented person. ❞

            the words that leave his lips are not a question -- no validation is sought by their utterance. they serve more as reminders to their recipient than a need for affirmation. she waits for the list to come to its conclusion before she chimes in. she smiles brightly to the third member of their party. 

                  ❝ AUNT ROSAMUND, i don’t believe that you’ve met theseus scamander. ❞

                                            as fitting an introduction as any. 

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the last five years lyrics sentence starters.

❝  i’m still hurting.  ❞

❝  ____ is probably feeling just fine.  ❞

❝  what about lies? what about things that you swore to be true?  ❞

❝  run away, like it’s simple, like it’s right.  ❞

❝  maybe i’d see how you could be so certain that we had no chance at all.  ❞

❝  i’m breaking my mother’s heart. the longer i stand looking at you the more i hear it splinter and crack from ninety miles away.  ❞

❝  i’ve been waiting for someone like you.  ❞

❝  the minute i first met you i could barely catch my breath.  ❞

❝  well yeah, nobody’s perfect! it’s tragic but it’s true.  ❞

❝  you are the story i should write.  ❞

❝  i think that i could be in love with someone like you.  ❞

❝  i guess i can’t believe you really came.  ❞

❝  see, i’m smiling. that means i’m happy that you’re here.  ❞

❝  i mean we’ll have to try a little harder, to make this love as special as it was five years ago.  ❞

❝  and you’re mine.  ❞

❝  with all we’ve had to go through we’ll end up twice as strong.  ❞

❝  you know what makes me crazy? i’m sorry, can i say this? you know what makes me nuts?  ❞

❝  you could be here with me or be there with them — as usual, guess which you pick!  ❞

❝  and i know in your soul it must drive you crazy that you won’t get to play with your little girlfriends!  ❞

❝  i swear to god i’ll never understand how you can stand there straight and tall and see i’m crying and not do anything at all.  ❞

❝  i’ve got a singular impression things are moving too fast.  ❞

❝  maybe i can’t follow through — but oh, what else am i supposed to do?  ❞

❝  i’m a part of that.  ❞

❝  and it’s true i tend to follow in his stride. instead of side by side, i take his cue.  ❞

❝  i said i’d stick it out and follow through.  ❞

❝  and then he smiles, and nothing else makes sense.  ❞

❝  first, a story.  ❞

❝  then the clock upon the wall began to glow…  ❞

❝  i’ve got to make due with the time i’ve got.  ❞

❝  don’t you think now’s a good time to be the ambitious freak you are?  ❞

❝  have i mentioned today how lucky i am to be in love with you?  ❞

❝  he wants me, he wants me, but he ain’t gonna get me!  ❞

❝  i’ve found my guiding light, i tell the stars each night.  ❞

❝  son of a bitch, i guess i’m doing something right!  ❞

❝  so hurry up schmuck, get unstuck and get on the scene!  ❞

❝  have you been inside the museum? we should go meet the dinosaurs.  ❞

❝  will you share your life with me for the next ten minutes?  ❞

❝  there are so many lives i want to share with you. i will never be complete until i do.  ❞

❝  i don’t know how anybody survives in this life without someone like you.  ❞

❝  i want to die knowing i had a long, full life in your arms.  ❞

❝  will you share your life with me for the next ten lifetimes?  ❞

❝  i do.  ❞

❝  you can not touch them. in fact, you can’t even look at them!  ❞

❝  but it’s fine, it’s fine, it’s fine — i mean, i’m happy!  ❞

❝  it’s not a problem, just a challenge. it’s a challenge! to resist temptation.  ❞

❝  i shouldn’t care what she thinks since i can’t fuck her anyways!  ❞

❝  when you come home to me i’ll wear a sweeter smile and hope that for a while you’ll stay.  ❞

❝  i am a good person. i’m an attractive person. i am a talented person.  ❞

❝  jesus christ, i suck, i suck, i suck!  ❞

❝  i will not be the girl who gets asked how it feels to be trotting along at the genius’ heels!  ❞

❝  can we please, for a minute, stop blaming and say what you feel?  ❞

❝  if i didn’t believe in you, we’d never have gotten this far.  ❞

❝  if i didn’t believe in you, we wouldn’t be having this fight.  ❞

❝  don’t we get to be happy?  ❞

❝  no one can give you courage. no one can thicken your skin.  ❞

❝  if i didn’t believe in you, i couldn’t have stood before all of our friends and said ‘this is the life i choose. this is the thing i can’t bear to lose.’  ❞

❝  this is the life i choose. this is the thing i can’t bear to lose.  ❞

❝  if i didn’t believe in you, i wouldn’t have loved you at all.  ❞

❝  i thought, i can do better than that.  ❞

❝  you don’t have to change a thing, just stay with me.  ❞

❝  i want you, you, and nothing but you. miles and piles of you.  ❞

❝  say you’ll move in with me.  ❞

❝  nobody needs to know.  ❞

❝  hold on, don’t cry yet.  ❞

❝  since i need to be in love with someone, maybe i could be in love with someone like you.  ❞

❝  don’t kiss me goodbye again.  ❞

❝  you want the last word, you want me to laugh, but leave it for now.  ❞

❝  goodbye until tomorrow. goodbye until the next time you call.  ❞

❝  i have been waiting for you.  ❞

❝  it’s not about another shrink. it’s not about another compromise.  ❞

❝  i’m not the only one who’s hurting here.  ❞

❝  i could never rescue you, no matter how i tried.  ❞

❝  all i could do was love you hard and let you go.  ❞

❝  god, i loved you so.  ❞

❝  so we could fight, or we could wait, or i could go.  ❞